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Scott McLean; Laura Montes de Oca Barrera – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2024
This article explores informal adult education for change in Mexico through the conceptual lens of social movement learning and public pedagogy. It adopts a multiple case design featuring two advocacy networks, two civil society organisations, and two self-help authors. It analyses how they position themselves as change agents addressing issues of…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Adult Education, Social Change, Advocacy
Karmaeva, Natalia; Kosyakova, Yuliya – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2022
We apply cumulative advantage (CA) theory to understand the social hierarchies behind the accumulation of skills and rewards through Adult Learning and Education (ALE) -- formal, informal, and non-formal. Using representative data from the Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey (RLMS-HSE), we confirm the assumption of CA theory that advantages are…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Adult Education, Foreign Countries, Informal Education
Yembuu, Batchuluun – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2021
The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the research on intergenerational learning of Traditional Knowledge (TK) through informal education. Using qualitative methods, case study was used to explore storytelling by nomadic herders to educate the youth in Mongolian rural areas. This case study consists of 22 interviews with nomad herders,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Informal Education, Intergenerational Programs, Story Telling
Ngozwana, Nomazulu – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2021
The purpose of this paper is to describe how and where Lesotho citizens have learned about democracy, their civic life and citizenship. The paper draws from a larger PhD study that was conducted in 2013 that focused on how Basotho people understand the concepts of citizenship and democracy with implications for civic education in Lesotho. This…
Descriptors: Democracy, Citizenship Education, Adult Education, Informal Education
Chisvert-Tarazona, María José; Ros-Garrido, Alicia; Abiétar-López, Míriam; Carro, Luis – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2019
The system of validation and accreditation of professional qualifications in Spain is offered as a certification opportunity, especially for vulnerable groups. The procedure is presented as an evaluative proposal that allows some inequalities associated with training and employment to be addressed. In this article we analyse whether this system…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Program Validation, Accreditation (Institutions), Nonformal Education
Støren, Liv Anne; Børing, Pål – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2018
Most studies on participation in training focus on participation versus non-participation. The individual's participation varies, however, very much in terms of the duration of training, from until a few days to intensive participation. This study examines participation in non-formal training by the total amount of training during a year. In the…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Lifelong Learning, Informal Education, Job Training
Golonka-Legut, Joanna Anna; Pryszmont-Ciesielska, Martyna – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2018
On examining today's research practices in the area of social sciences, one can perceive a distinct interest in biography. Observation of the lives of individuals, (re)cognising social micro worlds from the perspective of individual biographies, and analysis of -- and searching for -- meanings of individual life experiences are subjects of great…
Descriptors: Adults, Biographies, Autobiographies, Informal Education
Tuomainen, Satu – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2018
Recognition of prior learning (RPL) is a principle in education to acknowledge and validate learning acquired during and throughout an individual's lifetime. Formal, non-formal and informal learning can be assessed, recognised and accredited for various purposes in an individual's education or professional life. The methods of assessing prior…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Informal Education, Lifelong Learning, College Students
Brigham, Susan M.; Baillie Abidi, Catherine; Zhang, Yuhui – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2018
Migration is a gendered phenomenon, embedded within patriarchal structures and social relations that extend beyond State borders. We draw on a transnational feminist framework to explore the gendered dimensions of young refugee and immigrant women's migration and learning experiences. Ten women were involved in a participatory photography research…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Photography, Migrants, Refugees
Livingstone, D. W. – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2018
The basic argument of this paper is that, in the wake of austerity measures against public education accumulating since the early 1980s, professional teachers at all levels may have been losing control of their jobs and faced decreasing opportunities for continuing their own learning. Empirical evidence is drawn mainly from a unique time series of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teachers, Professional Autonomy, Continuing Education
Marsden, Scott – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2018
My insurgent curatorial strategy incorporates theory around dialogue and is used to develop a participatory and collaborative process that gives voice to those who are marginalised and/or disfranchised and are suppressed by dominant social narratives. My strategy demonstrates how art galleries and museums can function as sites for community…
Descriptors: Museums, Art, Creativity, Disadvantaged
Thomas, Eryn – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2017
This article examines the effects of synthesising existing theoretical approaches to understanding the effects of adult learning. The paper focuses on aspects of the findings of a small Australian research project that explored the significance of everyday learning in people's lives. One key part of the research involved examining and synthesising…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Foreign Countries, Experiential Learning, Experience
Manuel, Alzira; van der Linden, Josje; Popov, Oleg – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2017
Interest in vocational education and training (VET) is growing. This can be attributed to global socio-economic developments requiring continuously changing knowledge and skills. Adult education and training, particularly in non-formal education (NFE) contributes to provide these skills and knowledge for youth and adults. This puts pressure not…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Vocational Education, Semi Structured Interviews, Foreign Countries
Li, Zhen – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2017
Active citizenship is increasingly being framed in the context of lifelong and life-wide learning. However, research on young people's participation in and experience of different forms of civic practice, particularly in informal settings in different sociocultural contexts, is scarce. Consequently, little is known about how these experiences…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Citizenship Education, Global Approach, Extracurricular Activities
James, Fiona – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2017
The proposed benefits of participatory arts for older adults continue to attract empirical attention, but how informal group participation aids personal enrichment is not yet fully understood. This qualitative case study of a University of the Third Age 'outdoor sketching group' explores the meanings its members attach to art-making in retirement…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Outdoor Education, Art Activities, Art Education